[Project] Partial Resistance

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I want to compose a list of every monster's skill that are affected by Partial Resistance...

This is similar to the Elemental Resistance Project by keithcdcl except instead that I'm interested in those affected by Partial Resistance.

Also, unlike the Elemental Resistance Project, you do not need to post data about this, you only need to report it. If it's a Fire/Poison attack, I will check it out myself after it has been reported. If not, then I will trust your word on it.

So, if you find any monsters that you think should be on either list, please post it. (Be creative, yet descriptive, for the skill names) Also, if you find any errors in my work, then please inform me about it. Also, please pay special attention to the ones with the question marks next to them.

When you request a monster for the list, please state whether Partial Resistance works or not in your report. Don't just name a monster and expect me to guess whether or not it works.

Bold means confirmed once
Bolded and colored one of the following colors:
Fire
Poison
Ice
Lightning
means either:
1) Confirmed twice
2) Confirmed by myself

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Here's how to test monsters that hit 1 damage on you.

1) Take off all equips
2) If the monster still hits you with 1 damage, then it's a magic attack. (All your equips off = 0 wepdef)
3) Equip your earrings, which should only have magic defense on them. If the damage decreases, then it's a magic attack.
4) If you have equips with only weapon defense on them, equip them and turn on magic armor. If the damage decreases, then it's a physical attack.

Magic Attacks are generally decreased by Partial Resistance
Physical Attacks are never decreased by Partial Resistance

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This section is for monster skills that Partial Resistance works on.

For Example, Partial Resistance cuts the damage of the Fire Type attacks of the Jr. Balrog.


Fire

1. Fire Sentinel - Magic Attack
2. Cellion - Red Psychic
3. Red Drake - Fireball
4. Yellow King Goblin - Flaming Ground Pound
5. Jr. Balrog - Meteor, Fireball
6. Bain - Fire Beam
7. Spirit Viking - Magic Cannonball Attack
8. Brexton - Fire Beam
9. Red Wyvern - Flame Breath
10. Gigantic Spirit Viking - Magic Cannonball Attack
11. Papulatus Clock - Flame Attack
12. Zakum Arms (2nd from Top on the Left Side) - Inferno
13. Horntail (Middle Head) - Fire Breath ?

Poison

1. Poison Poopa - Spikes
2. Minor Zombie - Poison Breath
3. Coolie Zombie - Poison Breath
4. Black Knight - Magic Attack ?
5. Myst Knight - Magic Attack ?
6. Squid - Sludge
7. Captain Latanica - Poison Based Attack

Ice

1. Ice Sentinel - Magic Attack
2. Freezer - Ice Attack
3. Grupin - Blue Psychic
4. Ice Drake - Cold Beam
5. Buffy - Magic Attack
6. Soul Teddy - Magic Claw Attack
7. Lazy Buffy - Magic Attack
8. Master Soul Teddy - Magic Claw Attack
9. Klock - Magic Attack
10. Opachu - Magic Attack ?
11. Blue King Goblin - Ice Ground Pound
12. Dark Klock - Magic Attack
13. Ghost Pirate - Magic Attack
14. Death Teddy - Magic Charm Attack
15. Dual Ghost Pirate - Magic Attack
16. Master Death Teddy - Magic Charm Attack
17. Phantom Watch - Magic Icicle Attack
18. Grim Phantom Watch - Magic Icicle Attack
19. Blue Wyvern - Ice Breath
20. Cold Shark - Ice Demon
21. Thanatos - Magic Icicle Attack
22. Papulatus Clock - Cold Beam
23. Zakum Arms (2nd from Top on the Right Side) - Glacier
24. Horntail's 1st Preliminary Head (Left) - Ice Stones, Ice Breath ?
25. Horntail (Left Head) - Ice Stones, Ice Breath ?

Lightning

1. Sentinel - Magic Attack
2. Sparker - Lightning Attack
3. Lioner - Orange Psychic
4. Tauromacis - Yellow Lightning
5. Taurospear - Thunder Spear, Thunder Stab
6. Rexton - Lightning Bolt
7. Gatekeeper - Magic Lightning Attack
8. Papulatus Clock - Thunder
9. Zakum Arms (2nd from Top on the Right Side) - Ground Lightning ?
10. Zakum 1st Body - Seal Lightning
11. Zakum 2nd Body - Seal Lightning
12. Zakum 3rd Body - Seal Lightning
13. Horntail's 2nd Preliminary Head (Right) - Full Screen Lightning, Ground Electric Spark ?
14. Horntail (Right Head) - Full Screen Lightning, Ground Electric Spark ?

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This section is for the monsters skills that Partial Resistance does NOT work on, but should.

For example, Headless Horseman has two fire based skills that are not cut damage-wise by Partial Resistance.


Fire

1. Fire Tusk - Flame
2. Luster Pixie - Yellow Sun
3. Firebomb - Suicidal Explosion
4. Pachu - Suicidal Explosion
5. High Dark Star - Suicidal Explosion
6. Buffoon - Flaming Ground Pound
7. Blood Boom - Suicidal Explosion
8. Deep Buffoon - Flaming Ground Pound
9. Low Dark Star - Suicidal Explosion
10. Blood Haf - Weakness Psychic
11. Birk - Fire Tackle
12. Red Kentaurus - Serpent's Tongue
13. Firebrand (2nd form) - Flame
14. Headless Horseman - Flame Blade, Fire Pumpkinhead
15. Manon - (1/1) Flame
16. Crimsom Guardian - Flame Spike
17. Zakum 1st Body - Pillars of Fire
18. Zakum 2nd Body - Pillars of Fire
19. Zakum 3rd Body - Pillars of Fire

Poison

1. Nependeath - Sludge
2. Dark Nependeath - Sludge
3. Minor Zombie - Poison Claw
4. Coolie Zombie - Poison Claw
5. Green King Goblin - Poison Mist, Ground Pound
6. Skeleton Commander - Poison Mist
7. Squid - Black Mist
8. Risell Squid - Poisonous Snap
9. Green Cornian - Poison Dagger
10. Dark Cornian - Poison Dagger
11. Nest Gollem - Vine Whip
12. Zakum Arms (2nd from Top on the Left Side) - Poison Mist
13. Horntail (Tail) - Poison Mist
14. The Boss - (1/1) Poison Explosion

Ice

1. Lunar Pixie - Blue Moon
2. White Pang - Ice Tackle ?
3. Yeti - Ground Pound
4. Jr Yeti (Transformed) - Ground Pound
5. Yeti and Pepe - Ground Pound
6. Haf - Curse Psychic
7. Dual Birk - Ice Tackle, Arrow Rain
8. Blue Kentaurus - Fairfrozen
9. Windbreaker - Magic Attack ?
10. Snowman - Iceball ?

Lightning

1. Electrophant - Lightning Field
2. Stormbreaker - Lightning Spear ?
3. Risell Squid - Spark
4. Griffey - Dispel Lightning ?
5. Papulatus Clock - (1/1) Lightning

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Analysis

Nexon hates FP mages. Over half of the monsters a FP mage's partial resistance is supposed to work on is incorrectly attributed, which is unfair because if all these glitched attacks were fixed, then a FP mage's partial resistance would be better than an IL mage's partial resistance.

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Thanks to the following people for contributing to my Project

• keithcdcl, for his data from his Elemental Resistance Project
  That data cleared up half of what's on my IL list.
• Pikas60
  
  for requesting I make the section for what Partial Resistance does work on

  It would be also nice to list the enemy skills that are affected by Partial resistance alongside yours so we can compare pros/cons and see if it is worth maxing PR after all.

  Originally, I had intended for the list to be purely for the monsters that Nexon glitched so that Partial Resistance does not work.
• Cyanne, for confirming Spirit Vikings.
• Fumni, for confirming Master Death Teddies.
• Dan_Minority, for suggesting the Commander Skeleton.
• IeatmushmomI, for suggesting Captain Latanica.
• Magnus
  
  for pointing out a glitch from a long time ago

  Actually, I have something to add to this.
  I have 1 point into PR because I figured that 1 point for ~30% was a good deal.
  
  Way back when I was 10x I trained in AR, and I'd bump into those ice seal enemies on my way to Squids. They would do 1 damage to me with their ice attack when I Ice Striked them (It didn't OHK.). Then one patch every time (And I mean EVERY) I passed them they would miss me with their ice attack. This was not a coincidence, 3 of my other I/L friends witnessed the same phenomenon. Then, the next patch they stopped missing me all together. I don't know the exact date, but I can tell you that it was a long time ago, a year maybe
  
  Dunno if this will help or not.

[JoeTang]

When Fiel has the database back up for Monsters, you can tell what attribute their attacks really are.

[Harrisonized]

When Fiel has the database back up for Monsters, you can tell what attribute their attacks really are.

What database?

[JoeTang]

This one.

[Harrisonized]

This one.

None of the links in his 'database' work. They all say this:

Not Found

The requested URL /database/character.html was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.2 mod_python/3.2.10 Python/2.4.4 PHP/5.2.0-8+etch13 mod_ruby/1.2.6 Ruby/1.8.5(2006-08-25) Server at www.southperry.net Port 80

[Fiel]

Of course, that's because it's not up yet. I should be able to get it back up by this weekend or so.

[Harrisonized]

Thank you, Fiel, for the fast response in changing the thread title.

Of course, that's because it's not up yet. I should be able to get it back up by this weekend or so.

I see.

[JoeTang]

None of the links in his 'database' work. They all say this:

Not Found

The requested URL /database/character.html was not found on this server.
Apache/2.2.3 (Debian) DAV/2 SVN/1.4.2 mod_python/3.2.10 Python/2.4.4 PHP/5.2.0-8+etch13 mod_ruby/1.2.6 Ruby/1.8.5(2006-08-25) Server at www.southperry.net Port 80

Hence, the words in bold.

When Fiel has the database back up for Monsters, you can tell what attribute their attacks really are.

[Cyanne]

I don't think that there are any monsters in the game that use poison-element attacks. The only thing I've noticed partial resistance cutting for poison is the actual poison status effect, not even the mist things. Are you sure it works for the zakum arm poison mist?

[Harrisonized]

I don't think that there are any monsters in the game that use poison-element attacks. The only thing I've noticed partial resistance cutting for poison is the actual poison status effect, not even the mist things. Are you sure it works for the zakum arm poison mist?

The top portion is what it doesn't work on. The bottom is what it does.
Perhaps you didn't read carefully enough.

[Cyanne]

Oh, I see. F/P partial resistance is such a ripoff =/

I remember it working on vikings' cannonball though (doesn't really make sense, but whatever).

[Russt]

When Fiel has the database back up for Monsters, you can tell what attribute their attacks really are.

I don't remember monster skill data being in there before, unless he updated it after I checked through it...

[Harrisonized]

Oh, I see. F/P partial resistance is such a ripoff =/

Not necessarily. I started out looking for possible things that it might or might not work on... that's why there's more in the 'not work on' part than the 'work on' part.
If you just look at the confirmed... it's not much better than it's IL counterpart.

I don't remember monster skill data being in there before, unless he updated it after I checked through it...

That's cuz unfortunately, I can't understand any of the numbers in the database.

[Harrisonized]

Bump~~~

Unfortunately, while I'm almost finished with the FP section, I need MAJOR help on the IL section. =/

Someone go to Ludi. You'll clear up about half the list. =/

[Magus]

Actually, I have something to add to this.
I have 1 point into PR because I figured that 1 point for ~30% was a good deal.

Way back when I was 10x I trained in AR, and I'd bump into those ice seal enemies on my way to Squids. They would do 1 damage to me with their ice attack when I Ice Striked them (It didn't OHK.). Then one patch every time (And I mean EVERY) I passed them they would miss me with their ice attack. This was not a coincidence, 3 of my other I/L friends witnessed the same phenomenon. Then, the next patch they stopped missing me all together. I don't know the exact date, but I can tell you that it was a long time ago, a year maybe

Dunno if this will help or not.

[Harrisonized]

Cool.
That probably means that your PR is making the server round down the numbers, and thus the damage you actually receive is 0.3, which makes it 0.
Which is enough evidence for me to turn it to purple. Thanks!


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If you have some spare time, please go play with some monsters.

Here's what I've been doing with the lower leveled monsters that already hit me with 1 damage.

1) Take off all equips
2) If the monster still hits me with 1 damage, then it's a magic attack. (All my equips off = 0 wepdef)
3) My Hat and Earrings only have magic defense on them, so if I wear them and the damage decreases, then it's a magic attack.
4) My nose and shield both have weapon defense on them, so if I wear them and turn on magic armor and the damage decreases, then it's a physical attack.

Magic Attacks are generally decreased by Partial Resistance
Physical Attacks are never decreased by Partial Resistance

[KajitiSouls]

I have a theory that all physical (weapon) based special attacks have a chance to miss, while all magic attacks do not miss.

Also, there's a select few monsters that have neutral magic attacks, (because priests die lol) but I forget which ones they are.

[Chompy]

I have a theory that all physical (weapon) based special attacks have a chance to miss, while all magic attacks do not miss.

Also, there's a select few monsters that have neutral magic attacks, (because priests die lol) but I forget which ones they are.

Newties- I believe (unless they fall under the physical area with Himes)

[Harrisonized]

I would think neutral attacks are "holy" attacks, such as that of himes, which Partial Resistance doesn't protect against. Either that or it's a "Dark" attack, such as that of a Crog, but then again, I may be wrong.

I think Newties are physical attack though.
If Partial Resistance protects it, then Elemental Resistance will protect against it too.

[Cyanne]

I'm pretty sure that himes' and newties' attacks are all physical. Skelegons' beam is neutral magic since it's not cut by neither invincible nor elemental resistance.